CrossFire Launching as First Third-Party Free-To-Play Title
on Origin

Irvine, Calf. and
Toronto, CANADA –
January 24, 2012 -–
SG
Interactive, a leading North American free-to-play game
publisher, and
G4BOX Inc., a North American publisher and
distributor of interactive online entertainment media, are proud to
announce that starting January 25, Origin™ customers will be
able download and play SmileGate’s breakout action title,
CrossFire. The first free-to-play game from a third-party
publisher available on EA’s direct-to-consumer gaming
platform,
CrossFire and
CrossFire Europe are alternate-reality military action
games that pit teams of players against each other and the
environment, in a battle for supremacy. With more than 4.2 million
concurrent users globally and 10 distinct game modes,
CrossFire challenges players to create strategy and
exploit tactics in order to claim victory. New gamers that sign up
and download CrossFire through Origin will receive an exclusive
starter package that includes in-game bonuses to experience gain,
combat enhancements and free player respawns.

“In today’s gaming economy, it is rare to see a game
succeed without multiple entries into the market, and finding
outlets that share our vision of global support are hard to
find,” said Jungsoo Lee, vice president of live production
for SG Interactive. “Origin allows us to showcase
CrossFire to a brand new community of gamers, adding to
our 4.2 million user base and opening up to us a world that may not
have otherwise known about CrossFire.”

Origin offers fast and safe game downloads for more than 500 PC
titles from EA and other leading game developers. In addition,
Origin features provide a more dynamic and convenient play
experience for the gamer. Beyond the fast download capability,
automatic log-in and built-in customer service, Origin in-game
overlay and chat features make for a livelier gameplay environment,
and cloud saves let gamers save and continue games from any
computer, anytime, anywhere. For more information about Origin,
please visit
http://www.origin.com.

CrossFire &
CrossFire Europe are regional versions of the same fast-paced
military-themed combat online action game, pitting two competing
mercenary forces, the Global Risk and the Black List, against each
other in a war-torn world. Players can choose from a massive armory
of realistic firearms, explosives, hand-to-hand weapons and
personal body armor used by military forces worldwide. Single and
unit-based combat scenarios and location-specific damage combined
with popular movie culture create adrenaline-fueled action-packed
battles in 10 different gameplay modes including Free-for-All,
Escape, Hero, Team Death Match, Elimination, and Search and
Destroy. Developed by SmileGate, CrossFire is the largest
first-person online shooter in the world with more than 4.2 million
concurrent users globally. To get up-to-date information on
CrossFire’s Community and Fan Pages, check out the following
links:

G4BOX INC is the North and South American publisher of parent
company SmileGate’s military online FPS CrossFire, with the
goal of becoming a leading publisher and digital media distributor
of free-to-play online video games. Founded in 2006, G4BOX is built
on the principle that online, community-based video games offer
unique and compelling gaming experiences with untapped mass market
potential and wide social appeal. Based in Toronto, Canada, G4BOX
employs a staff of widely-talented and culturally diverse
employees, headed by an experienced and imaginative management
team. In publishing CrossFire, the world’s largest
first-person online shooter with more than 4.2 million concurrent
users globally, G4BOX continues to deliver the highest-quality
free-to-play action game experience though its proprietary gaming
portal, Z8Games. For more information about G4BOX and its current
product offerings, please visit
www.z8games.com.

About SG Interactive

SG Interactive is a leading publisher of micro-transaction
high-quality free-to-play online games. Founded in 2006 in the
small community of Irvine, Calif., SG Interactive’s mission
is to creating a game experience focused on engaging gameplay,
player accessibility and the very best game support for our growing
online community. The official US publishing arm of SmileGate, SG
Interactive provides an eclectic and ever-expanding catalogue of
gaming experiences that includes the popular MMO first-person
shooters
CrossFire, CrossFire: Europe, and
Project Blackout, the addictive action brawler
Grand Chase, the anime-inspired casual golf game
Pangya, and the expansive role-playing world of
Trickster Online. With goals set on publishing triple-A
free-to-play games to current and next-gen multi-platform outlets,
SG Interactive is dedicated to driving innovation to the MMO market
through its proprietary online gaming portal,
http://gamerage.com.

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